Kim Chandler
McDonald
Global VP at Cybersecurity Advisors Network (CyAN)
"Designing Technology That Doesn’t Hurt People: Cyber Lessons for a Safer Digital Future"
"Designing Technology That Doesn’t Hurt People: Cyber Lessons for a Safer Digital Future"
Tue May 12 - 4:20 AM EDT/New York (See in local time)
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"Designing Technology That Doesn’t Hurt People: Cyber Lessons for a Safer Digital Future"
"Designing Technology That Doesn’t Hurt People: Cyber Lessons for a Safer Digital Future"
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Session: Designing Technology That Doesn’t Hurt People: Cyber Lessons for a Safer Digital Future
Technology should make life better, not introduce new pathways for harm. Yet many digital systems are built without considering user safety, privacy, or long term trust. Drawing on her work across cybersecurity, governance, digital rights, and zero knowledge architecture, Kim Chandler McDonald explores how to design technology that protects rather than exploits.This talk introduces practical principles for building humane, resilient systems, grounded in cyber best practice and trust and safety expertise. It offers a forward looking view of what ethical technology can and should look like, and the role designers, leaders, and innovators play in shaping a digital future that doesn’t hurt people.
Key Takeaways
- What safe and ethical technology design looks like in real world practice.
- Why trust, consent, and privacy must be foundational design elements.
- How cybersecurity principles can reduce harm, not just respond to it.
- Why minimal data collection and zero knowledge approaches matter.
- Actionable steps teams can take to build technology that protects users’ wellbeing and dignity.
Bio
Kim Chandler McDonald is a globally respected thought leader in disruptive innovation, transformational trends, and strategic foresight. As the visionary Co-Founder and CEO of 3 Steps Data she has led her company to the forefront of technological advancements in cybersecurity, data sharing, observability, and governance.Kim is the Global Vice President of the Cybersecurity Advisors Network (CyAN), the Paris-based, multidisciplinary, international trust network of cyber professionals. She drives the organisation’s strategic growth, community engagement, and leads its Combatting Technology-Facilitated Abuse and Violence. She is also spearheading the organisation’s hosting of the Trust and Safety Sydney Festival 2026.
An acclaimed advocate, activist, lifelong storyteller and award-winning author, Kim’s, latest work, ‘An Interviewer’s Guidebook - Turning Conversations Into Captivating Stories’, joins her other titles: ‘Innovation: How Innovators Think, Act and Change Our World’, ‘Flat World Navigation: Collaboration and Networking in the Global Digital Economy’. She is also the author of ’Postcards From Tomorrow’ (all proceeds going to Lou’s Place, Sydney’s only daytime drop-in centre for female victims of domestic abuse and coercive control) and co-author of ‘Entrepreneurial Renaissance: Cities Striving Towards an Era of Renaissance and Revival’.
